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Leafs 2017 Entry Draft

Wings seem to make the first blunder with Michael Rasmussen at 9.

I thought they'd take Liljegren, or maybe Gabriel Vilardi who is dropped down the draft pretty hard and played nearby in Windsor.
 
Nik the Trik said:
azzurri63 said:
I would love us to move up and grab Liljegren. Whats everyones thoughts?
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It would depend on the cost?
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For a kid that was ranked up at the top potential first overall I would take the chance. I think Valardi goes next. Only 6 picks after that to ours so I would be on the phones with the teams ahead of us. With such a small difference in moving up or back with a trading partner and give up our 17th might not be that much to give up. C'mon Lou.
 
Drafting Owen Tippet is a sign the Panthers are shying away from analytics.

Good analysis guy whose name I'm not learning.
 
azzurri63 said:
Nik the Trik said:
azzurri63 said:
I would love us to move up and grab Liljegren. Whats everyones thoughts?
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It would depend on the cost?
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For a kid that was ranked up at the top potential first overall I would take the chance. I think Valardi goes next. Only 6 picks after that to ours so I would be on the phones with the teams ahead of us. With such a small difference in moving up or back with a trading partner and give up our 17th might not be that much to give up. C'mon Lou.
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Lots of guys who were ranked highly the year before their draft and then fell ended up falling for a reason so I'm inclined to look at the more recent rankings as being pretty significant.

But again, without knowing the cost I'm not going to have a strong opinion.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Is it me or is this really strange and subdued draft coverage? Like the guys at the desk are Cosentino and Debrusk which is Sportsnet's Z team with someone like Elliott Friedman on the floor asking useless questions and Jeff Marek doing...something I suppose.

Maybe I'm just comparing it to the NBA last night but it seems like Sportsnet's top guys all declined to show up.
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Sports net has done a terrible job with the NHL across the board since getting the rights.
 
Well so far if we are taking a D man it's looking good. Been reading on Brannstrom as well he's basically a full year younger than the rest as he won't be 18 till end of September. He made the cut by a few weeks otherwise wouldn't have been eligible. I'll be happy with either.
 
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